Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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